Author: Jon Mitchell

Hebrews: “Him Who For A Little While Was Made Lower Than The Angels”

The Psalmist prophesied that God would make the Messiah “for a little while lower than the angels” before “crowning him with glory and honor.”  This prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus, who became both fully God and fully human “for a little while” before ascending back into heaven and being “crowned with glory and honor.”  John’s vision in Revelation agrees with the Hebrew writer’s expressed reason for Jesus’s crowning of glory and honor: “because of the suffering of death” (v. 9; cf. Revelation 5:6-14).  Jesus “tast(ed) death for everyone.”  He took what we deserve for our sins (1 John 2:2; Romans 5:6-10).  This was done due to God’s grace and love for us all (cf. John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8).… Read More Hebrews: “Him Who For A Little While Was Made Lower Than The Angels”

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Hebrews: Jesus’ Superiority Over Angels

Quoting the Psalmist, the Hebrew writer acknowledged that God had “made him for a little while lower than the angels” (Hebrews 2:7; cf. Psalm 8:4-6).  Paul wrote of how this was accomplished when Christ left “the form of God” and “equality with God” and “made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men…found in human form” (Philippians 2:6-8).  Yet when he ascended into heaven, Jesus became superior to the angels by sitting at God’s right hand.… Read More Hebrews: Jesus’ Superiority Over Angels

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Hebrews: Jesus’ Superiority Over Prophets

The reason the book of Hebrews was written was because the early church had a lot of Christians of Hebrew nationality who were being persecuted severely by their fellow Jews for being Christians.  God inspired the writer of Hebrews (2 Timothy 3:16) to write to them, exhorting them to not abandon Christianity in favor of returning to Judaism.  Throughout the book he shows the superiority of Jesus over various aspects of Judaism.  In the above passage he opens the book by showing Jesus’ supremacy over the Old Testament prophets who were highly revered by the Hebrews.… Read More Hebrews: Jesus’ Superiority Over Prophets

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